The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has called on the Defence Research and Development Organisation to reorient itself with a technology road map, focussing its energy on developing certain key technologies.
‘No road map yet’
“The Committee, while appreciating the work done by DRDO, nevertheless, also feels concerned to note that even after 58 years [after establishment], there is no clear-cut technological road map prepared,” it said.
It has called for scientific, technical and concurrent audit of all on going DRDO projects by an independent agency, expressing its dismay over the closure of several projects at the initial stage itself.
“The committee expresses its concern on the wasteful expenditure incurred by DRDO on closure of major projects like Airborne Surveillance Platform, Cargo Ammunition, GPS based system as an alternative to fire direction radar” and several air-defence gun systems, the panel said.
The committee criticised the DRDO for the delay in major projects.
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